Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: mississippi

On a Mississippi River barge, just below the lock at Guttenberg, Iowa.

Amish children fishing on the Mississippi River at Guttenberg, Iowa. Timeless.

Pike's Peak, Iowa .... For those of you whose mental universe contains Father Marquette: This is the point where he first encountered the Mississippi River.

Not my fault Zebulon Pike named two high places after himself.... This is the Mississippi River shot from far northern Iowa; the town across the way is Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; on the Iowa side you can find Marquette where the bridge crosses and McGregor across from the parked barges. Very pretty place. We just spent a week camped within an easy walk of this view.

This is from Iowa's Pike's Peak, above McGregor. That's the Mississippi in the foreground, and Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, across the way. Like Colorado's Pike's Peak, this location was discovered ("mapped" might be a better word) and apparently named by Zebulon Pike.

From Pikes Peak State Park, McGregor, Iowa.

West Michigan @ Quad Cities, 5/19/2003. The ballpark's been rebuilt (& renamed) since then, but it's still alongside the Centennial Bridge and next to the Mississippi. Another photo to illustrate a blog posting . Original photo here . 40 game photos here .